Avanti West Coast trains have faced backlash in the wake of its news LGBTQ+ Pride themed train making its first journey from London to Manchester on August 25 as several thousand Twitter users have shared their dislike of the train.
The rainbow-painted train with all LGBTQ+ crew members was described as regressive by some users believing it overly highlighted difference between the LGBTQ+ community and cisgender/heterosexual people.John James McGivern of Sky News tweeted ‘as a gay man, I don’t want a ‘pride train’’ and added ‘please stop the identity politics’.